The World Our Children Will Inherit

Excellent. That’s exactly the reaction that a
pro-freedom dad would want to hear. The “hero” in 1984 –
de-masculinized, demoralized, disarmed – ends up groveling and praising
Big Brother. To the American free spirit, it is a sickening fate.

Back in the days before the calendar year 1984, people could summarize an
all-powerful police state with a shorthand phrase: “That’s just
like 1984.” Writers and commentators still talk about
“Orwellian” scenarios and “Orwellian Newspeak.” Many of
us used to work at “preventing 1984 from happening here.”

Problem is – if you are under 35, then the year 1984 has come and gone.
It doesn’t make much sense for Gen-X people (and younger) to talk about
1984 as the future.

How do we paint the picture of a frighteningly likely world of tomorrow? A
tomorrow that is possible as trends push us toward a globally-directed,
federally-secured, gun-free, fat-free, thought-free existence?

The Gray Zone

In 1984, the Party of Big Brother came to power by a world war.
Today’s events prove otherwise: world war isn’t the way the
all-controlling state will come in America. It won’t be a matter of black
and white.

America may simply become The Gray Zone. Every law, regulation, tax,
license, scan, ID-check, search, restriction and ban promising to protect us
from everything and everyone, including ourselves. That’s the America we
may be giving to our kids.

And that is the America described so vividly in RebelFire: Out of the Gray
Zone. Read what one reviewer on Amazon.com wrote:

“I won't lecture you on politics (neither will the book) but I'll extend
you the benefit of the doubt that you are observant, thoughtful and interested
enough in your life to notice those little changes that seem to come a little
quicker with each passing day. Those little sacrifices you are asked to endure.
While they happen, they tend to be painless, like a mosquito bite. But...they
do pile up on you. What happens ten years down the road as these daily little
sacrifices are counted?”

The future world is no longer lurking in 1984. The future world is The
Gray Zone. To best understand that world is to see and feel it in a
fictional story that moves from today’s news into tomorrow’s
reality. For young readers, for post-1984 readers, RebelFire: Out of the Gray
Zone tells that story in 21st Century terms.

The Gun-Free Zone

Recall the reviewer’s words: “Those little sacrifices you are asked
to endure.” That’s like the creeping invasion of “gun
controls.” Any single one of the firearms regulations might not seem
onerous, but they always add on. Travel across America and you see: waiting
periods, purchase limits, restrictions on ownership, possession, storage,
carrying, shooting, and on and on. (Only Alaska has done anything to reverse
this trend.) The same thing happened with anti-smoking regulations and seat
belt laws; the next target is “high fat” food.

As gun owners, we endure one regulation and indignity after another. As the
years pass, the regulations bleed us with a thousand cuts. Another ten years
– will the laws relax? Not likely!

RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone fast-forwards today’s trends to
show young readers the future we are creating. (Can you guess what happens to
firearms ownership in The Gray Zone?)

As the reviewer went on to say: “this is an important book. Its themes
are …the power of believing in yourself and your dreams. The importance
of bravery in the face of adversity. The supreme need for loyalty to and from
those we love. There is no lack of adventure, but it's adventure of an oddly
personal, realistic type. There are no shining heroes or last ditch rescues.
The people and events of RebelFire are conflicted and fallible; the
events are … momentous.”

Going Underground

You can sneak behind the lines and secretly warn a young reader about The Gray
Zone that looms in his or her future. Send a copy of the short novel RebelFire:
Out of the Gray Zoneanonymously to your son,
daughter, niece, nephew, grandchild, or any young person 12 or older. JPFO will
mail the book with an intriguing note: "From a Secret Rebel." The
package includes a music CD with two rock songs from the book. Then stand back
and watch what happens.

Call (800) 869-1884 or click on www.rebelfire.com.
The whole package is just $17.95 postage paid. For the price of a large pizza
and cola, you just might create an American freedom fighter.